Category Archives: Tao Te Ching

And the Tao Just Is… (Tao Te Ching: verse 1, part 3)

This is the third and final part of my own translation and commentary on the wonderful Verse 1 of the Tao Te Ching…. (see here for part 2) Embrace opposites, to hold the centre. The simplicity of these two lines explains more gracefully … Continue reading

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The Tao is Everything and Nothing (Tao Te Ching: verse 1, part 2)

This is the second part of my own translation and commentary on the wonderful Verse 1 of the Tao Te Ching…. (see here for part 1) The Tao is everything and nothing, it comes from emptiness yet fills the universe. So here … Continue reading

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The Paradox of Tao (Tao Te Ching: verse 1, part 1)

The Tao that can be named, is not the eternal Tao, the name that can be named, is not the eternal name. These opening lines of verse one of the Tao Te Ching are perhaps the most commonly quoted and … Continue reading

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